HOLY CROSS COLLEGE
English
GCSE English Language
Unit 1:
Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts
External written examination.
Untiered
1 hour 45 mins
Students complete five tasks.
30% Summer from
2018 and January from 2019
Unit 2:
Speaking and Listening
Controlled assessment
Untiered
Teachers mark the tasks, and we moderate the results.
20% Summer from 2018 and January from 2019
Unit 3:
Studying Spoken and Written Language
Controlled assessment
Untiered
Teachers mark the tasks, and we moderate the results.
20% Summer from 2019 and January from 2020
Unit 4:
Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-fiction Texts
External written examination
Untiered
1 hour 45 mins
Students complete four tasks.
30% Summer from 2019 and January from 2020
Students must take at least 40 percent of the assessment (based on unit weightings)
at the end of the course as terminal assessment.
Staff
HOD
Mr John Hughes
Subject Teachers
Mrs Cathy Hasson
Mrs Pauline McGrath
Ms Brona Devine
Mrs Helena Fitzgerald
Ms Michelle McGrade
Mr Brian McGilloway
Mrs Claire Doherty
Ms Leah McCance
Mrs Dara Gallagher
J McCay
A L Maude
GCSE English Literature
Unit 1: The Study of Prose
External written
Examination
Untiered
1 hour 45 mins
Students answer two questions, one from Section A and the set question in section B. Section A is closed book.
30% Summer from 2018
Unit 2: The Study of Drama and Poetry
External written
Examination
Untiered
2 hours
Students answer two questions, one from Section A and one from Section B.
Section A is open book.
Section B is open book.
50%
Summer from 2019
Unit 3: The Study of Shakespeare
Controlled assessment
Untiered
2 hours
Students complete one task: an extended writing question based on a theme.
Teachers mark the tasks, and we moderate the results.
20% Summer from 2019.
Students must take at least 40 percent of the assessment (based on unit weightings) at the end of the course as terminal assessment.
A Level English Literature
There are four external assessment units in this specification, two at AS level and two at A2.
Unit AS 1: The Study of Poetry 1900–Present and Drama 1900–Present
Students answer two questions, one from Section A and one from Section B.
Section A is open book. Section B is closed book.
2 hours
60% AS
24% A Level
Unit AS 2: The Study of Prose Pre 1900
Students answer one question.
Closed book.
1 hours
40% AS
16% A Level
Unit A2 1: Shakespearean Genres
Students answer one question.
Closed book.
1 hour 30 mins
20% A Level
Unit A2 2: The Study of Poetry Pre 1900 and Unseen Poetry
Students answer two questions, one from Section A and the question set in
Section B.
Closed book.